In mid December, Kay Flock received a 30 year prison sentence following several guilty verdicts related to four separate shootings from 2020 and 2021.

Kay Flock is now confronting a sentence that could define the rest of his life, and the 22 year old rapper has already begun the appeal process. He is currently facing a 30 year prison term tied to multiple guilty verdicts. Along with the prison time, the court also imposed five years of supervised release.

His attorney, Michael T. Ashley, said he fully expected the appeal to be filed. In court documents obtained by Complex, Ashley argues that his client should instead receive the statutory minimum sentence of 10 years or be considered for an alternative multi year, 11 point punishment program.

Under that proposal, Kay Flock would be required to relocate to Los Angeles, earn his GED, remain drug free, publicly denounce violence on social media, and meet several other conditions. Even so, the chances of that outcome appear slim.

That is partly because prosecutors in the “Is Ya Ready” artist’s case were originally pushing for a far more severe sentence. Led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael R. Herman, the government sought 50 years behind bars. “The defendant faces an aggregate recommended sentence under the United States Sentencing Guidelines of 50 years' imprisonment. [It] would be sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to satisfy the purposes of sentencing. Such a sentence is needed to account for the egregious nature of the defendant's conduct, the extent of the harm he inflicted on those around him, his history and characteristics, and the need to promote respect for the law, to protect the public, to afford adequate deterrence, and to provide for just punishment.”

The rapper’s convictions include racketeering conspiracy and the use of a firearm resulting in death. He was also found guilty of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, along with using a firearm during attempted murder and assault.

Those convictions are connected to four separate shootings that occurred between 2020 and 2021. Prosecutors argued the acts were carried out to expand the Sev Side DOA gang, which they say Kay Flock led. Judge Lewis Liman acknowledged that Flock was not the person who pulled the trigger, but still believed punishment was warranted. “I recognize you were not the gunman. In some ways, it was a measure of the fact that you were a leader that you distanced yourself from the shooting.”